US20070279796A1 - Magnetic disk device, servo-information writing device, magnetic disk, and magnetic disk device manufacturing method - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a magnetic disk device, a servo-information writing device, a magnetic disk, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic disk device.
- servo information information for controlling the position and the speed of a head required by the magnetic disk device is written at the same frequency (low peak density) across the entire radial width (ranging from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the magnetic disk), as a seek operation of the magnetic disk necessitates reading the servo information at a fixed sampling frequency.
- technologies for improving the format volume of the conventional magnetic disk and for accurately reading the servo information written onto the conventional magnetic disk have also been disclosed.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-205419 discloses a technology for improving the format volume of the magnetic disk by reducing the ratio of the servo information occupying the track volume by varying the write frequency at which the servo information is written according to the radial position of the magnetic disk. That is, this technology involves writing the servo information by increasing a bit density towards the outer circumference.
- FIG. 9 is schematic for explaining the conventional technology described above. As shown in FIG. 9 , a frequency-switching track demarcates an area towards the inner circumference where the servo information is written at a low frequency, and an area towards the outer circumference where the servo information is written at a high frequency. More format volume is obtained by this method of writing servo information than when the servo information is written at the same frequency.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-323772 discloses a technology for reducing the time required for head change for every magnetic disk necessitated by eccentricity that occurs due to the magnetic disk rotation center when servo information is written onto it and the magnetic disk rotation center not coinciding when a plurality of magnetic disks with servo information written thereon are incorporated into the magnetic disk device. This technology works by creating concentric tracks on the magnetic disk in its incorporated state, and causing the head to follow the track.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic for explaining the conventional technology described above.
- concentric tracks one of which is represented by the dashed line A
- the head is made to follow the track.
- Another technology involves causing the head to follow the servo information itself.
- a magnetic disk having servo information written at different frequencies in the area towards the inner circumference and the area towards the outer circumference such as the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-205419, is incorporated in a magnetic disk device, and the magnetic disk rotation center and the magnetic disk rotation center when the servo information is written onto it do not coincide, the head is made to follow the servo information.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic for explaining the technology described above. As shown in FIG. 11 , three tracks will be affected by the switching of frequency due to an eccentricity magnitude, the three tracks being the frequency-switching track (represented by the dashed line B) and the track on either side of the frequency-switching track. Thus, the format volume of the magnetic disk can be increased by limiting the number of unusable tracks.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic for explaining why the conventional technology described above produces no improvement in the format volume.
- the tracks that are read are switched in such a way that they are not affected by the eccentricity of the servo information, the tracks that fall in the range of the eccentricity magnitude cannot be used as normal tracks as servo information written at different frequencies are read from these tracks in addition to the servo information from the frequency-switching track (represented by the dashed line C).
- the frequency-switching track represented by the dashed line C.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic for explaining the above description in further detail. If the head is made to follow the servo information, according to how the servo information is written, sometimes the servo information in the area in the outer circumference and sometimes the servo information in the area in the inner circumference is read. As a result, the tracks in that range cannot be used as normal tracks, leading to a loss of format volume.
- a magnetic disk having written thereon servo information for controlling the position and speed of a head of a magnetic disk device, the magnetic disk including a first area where a first set of servo information is written at a predetermined first frequency at predetermined intervals in a magnetic disk rotation direction and a second area where a second set of servo information is written at a predetermined second frequency at the predetermined intervals in a direction opposite to the magnetic disk rotation direction.
- a manufacturing method of a magnetic disk device applied for manufacturing a magnetic disk device configured to hold a magnetic disk having servo information written thereon includes writing the servo information as a first set of servo information as a first set of servo information written at a predetermined first frequency at predetermined intervals in a magnetic disk rotation direction and a second set of servo information written at a predetermined second frequency at the predetermined intervals in a direction opposite to the magnetic disk rotation direction; holding the magnetic disk having the servo information written thereon at the writing; creating concentric tracks on the magnetic disk held at the holding with the magnetic disk rotation center as the center of the concentric tracks and selecting a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for areas from which the servo information will be read; and deleting all the servo information that will not be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track selected at the creating.
- FIGS. 1A to 1C are schematics for explaining an overview and salient feature of a magnetic disk device according a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIGS. 2A to 2C are schematics for explaining the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a servo-information deletion process
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a servo-information reading process
- FIG. 6 is a schematic for explaining a magnetic disk device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a drawing of a computer system that executes a magnetic disk control program
- FIG. 8 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology
- FIG. 9 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology
- FIG. 10 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology
- FIG. 11 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology
- FIG. 12 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology.
- FIGS. 1A to 1C are schematics for explaining the overview and the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment.
- FIGS. 2A to 2C are schematics for explaining the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment.
- the magnetic disk device in summary, reads servo information from a magnetic disk 10 .
- the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment lies in the fact that it increases the format volume of a magnetic disk and reduces the number of unusable tracks.
- the magnetic disk 10 incorporated in the magnetic disk device has written thereon a first set of servo information at a predetermined frequency at predetermined intervals in a rotation direction of the magnetic disk 10 , and a second set of servo information at a different frequency than the predetermined frequency at which the first set of servo information is written and at the predetermined intervals in the opposite direction from the first set of servo information.
- the magnetic disk 10 is divided into a plurality of sectors radially (like a fan). In the sectors enclosed by solid lines, the servo information is written at an inner-circumference low frequency and in the sectors enclosed by dashed lines, the servo information is written at an outer-circumference high frequency.
- the servo information is written onto the magnetic disk 10 in a burst pattern by a servo-information writing device.
- the magnetic disk can be substituted with any portable physical medium, such flexible disk (FD), compact disk-read-only memory (CD-ROM), magneto optical (MO) disk, digital versatile disk (DVD), and integrated circuit (IC) card.
- FD flexible disk
- CD-ROM compact disk-read-only memory
- MO magneto optical
- DVD digital versatile disk
- IC integrated circuit
- the magnetic disk device that includes the magnetic disk 10 creates concentric tracks with the rotation center of the magnetic disk 10 as the center of the tracks as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. Specifically, the magnetic disk device creates a plurality of concentric tracks at regular intervals, with the rotation center of the magnetic disk 10 as the center of the concentric tracks. In addition, the magnetic disk device selects a dividing track 13 as a demarcating position that allows stable demodulation of the outer-circumference servo information (the sectors enclosed by dashed lines), thus dividing the magnetic disk 10 into an outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area and an inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (see FIG. 1B ). The space between the tracks is determined according to the number of concentric tracks created on the magnetic disk 10 .
- the magnetic disk device then deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track 13 . Specifically, the magnetic disk device deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (represented by the shaded area), and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area (see FIG. 1C ).
- FIGS. 1A to 1C are explained further with reference to FIGS. 2A to 2C .
- the magnetic disk device creates concentric tracks in the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information area and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information area (see FIG. 2A ), and in addition, selects the dividing track 13 that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read (see FIG. 2B ).
- Eccentricity 11 occurs due to a deviation between the magnetic disk rotation center and a track center.
- the magnetic disk device calculates a track based on the set tract and the eccentricity 11 and reads information along the calculated track.
- the magnetic disk device then deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information area, and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information area.
- the magnetic disk device recovers the switching track as well as the track on either side of the switching track as unused area and the area from where servo information was deleted is used as data area (see FIG. 2C ).
- the magnetic disk device enables the write frequency of the servo information to be increased in the area in the outer circumference and limits the number of tracks that are affected by the switching of the area from which the servo information is read to three. Consequently, the format volume can be increased and the number of unusable tracks is minimized to three.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the magnetic disk device 20 .
- the magnetic disk device 20 includes a communication controller 21 , a magnetic disk holding member 22 , a head 23 , a servo controller 24 , a servo demodulating unit 25 , and a data controller 26 .
- the communication controller 21 controls the communication of various types of information processed by the magnetic disk device 20 . Specifically, the communication controller 21 performs tasks such as receiving a request to read data or write data from another device (such as a host computer) connected to the magnetic disk device 20 , sending data requested through a read data request, etc.
- the magnetic disk holding member 22 holds the magnetic disk that has written thereon a set of servo information at a predetermined frequency at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction of the magnetic disk, and another set of servo information written at a different frequency than the predetermined frequency at which the first set of servo information is written and at a predetermined interval in the opposite direction from the first set of servo information.
- the magnetic disk holding member 22 holds the magnetic disk of above description provided by the manufacturer or assembled by the user until the user deactivates the integration.
- the magnetic disk holding member 22 corresponds to “magnetic disk holding member” in the claims.
- the head 23 reads servo information and reads data from and writes data to the magnetic disk. Specifically, the head 23 reads the servo information written onto the magnetic disk 10 at a sampling frequency of regular intervals and writes data to or reads data from the magnetic disk 10 in response to the data write or data read request from another terminal device connected to the magnetic disk device 20 .
- the servo controller 24 performs various processes related to the servo information written onto the magnetic disk.
- the servo controller 24 includes a track selecting unit 24 a , a servo-information deleting unit 24 b , and a servo-information processing unit 24 c .
- the track selecting unit 24 a corresponds to “track selecting unit” in the claims
- the servo-information deleting unit 24 b corresponds to “servo-information deleting unit” in the claims.
- the track selecting unit 24 a creates concentric tracks with the rotation center of the magnetic disk held by the magnetic disk holding member 22 as their center as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. Specifically, the track selecting unit 24 a creates a plurality of concentric tracks 15 with the rotation center of the magnetic disk 10 as their center at regular intervals as well as selects the dividing track 13 as a demarcating position that allows stable demodulation of the outer-circumference servo information, thus dividing the magnetic disk 10 into an outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area and an inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (see FIG. 1B ).
- the frequency at which servo information can be written onto the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area is about 1.5 times the frequency at which servo information can be written onto the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area.
- the servo-information deleting unit 24 b deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track 13 . Specifically, the servo-information deleting unit 24 b deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (represented by the shaded area), and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area (see FIG. 1C ).
- the servo-information processing unit 24 c processes the servo information that is read. Specifically, the servo-information processing unit 24 c receives the servo information read by the head 23 at a sampling frequency of regular intervals, and based on the servo information received, controls the position and speed of the head 23 .
- the servo demodulating unit 25 demodulates the servo information that is read.
- the servo demodulating unit 25 includes an outer-circumference phase-locked loop (PLL) (phase synchronizing circuit) 25 a and an inner-circumference PLL 25 b .
- the outer-circumference PLL 25 a has set therein the outer-circumference high frequency and the inner-circumference PLL 25 b has set therein the inner-circumference low frequency.
- PLL phase-locked loop
- the servo information is read by switching between the outer-circumference PLL 25 a and the inner-circumference PLL 25 b .
- the servo demodulating unit 25 uses a simple method of changing a register value to switch between the outer-circumference PLL 25 a and the inner-circumference PLL 25 b .
- the servo demodulating unit 25 corresponds to “servo demodulating unit” in the claims.
- the data controller 26 writes data to and reads data from the magnetic disk 10 .
- the data controller 26 includes a data writing unit 26 a and a data reading unit 26 b.
- the data writing unit 26 a writes data to the magnetic disk 10 , and specifically, writes data to the magnetic disk 10 according to a write data request received from the communication controller 21 .
- the data reading unit 26 b reads data from the magnetic disk 10 , and specifically, reads data from the magnetic disk 10 according to a read data request received from the communication controller 21 .
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the servo-information deletion process.
- the magnetic disk holding member 22 holds the magnetic disk 10 (step S 402 ).
- the track selecting unit 24 a of the magnetic disk device 20 creates the concentric tracks with the rotation center of the magnetic disk 10 as their center (step S 403 ) as well as selects the dividing track 13 that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read (step S 404 ).
- the servo-information deleting unit 24 b of the magnetic disk device 20 deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track 13 (step S 405 ). Specifically, the servo-information deleting unit 24 b deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area, and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the servo-information reading process.
- the magnetic disk device 20 determines whether the dividing track 13 will be crossed at the next sampling frequency (step S 502 ).
- the magnetic disk device 20 determines whether the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information will be read (step S 503 ).
- the servo demodulating unit 25 sets the value in the inner-circumference PLL 25 b . If it is determined that the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information is not going to be read (No at step S 503 ), that is, the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information is going to be read, the servo demodulating unit 25 sets the value in the outer-circumference PLL 25 b (step S 505 ).
- the magnetic disk device 20 determines whether the head 23 is positioned at an aimed track (step S 506 ). If it is determined that the head 23 is positioned at the aimed track (Yes at step S 506 ), the head 23 of the magnetic disk device 20 reads the servo information written on the magnetic disk 10 (step S 507 ).
- step S 506 If it is determined that the head 23 is not positioned at the aimed track (No at step S 506 ), the magnetic disk device 20 once again starts the seek operation (step S 501 ).
- step S 502 If at step S 502 , it is determined that the dividing track 13 is not going to be crossed at the next sampling frequency (No at step S 502 ), the magnetic disk device 20 , determines whether the head 23 is positioned at the aimed track (step S 506 ).
- the magnetic disk device holds the magnetic disk 10 that has written thereon a set of servo information at a predetermined frequency at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction of the magnetic disk, and another set of servo information written at a different frequency than the predetermined frequency at which the first set of servo information is written and at a predetermined interval in the opposite direction from the first set of servo information, creates concentric tracks with the rotation center of the magnetic disk 10 as their center, selects the dividing track 13 that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read, and deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track 13 .
- the write frequency of the servo information can be increased in the area in the outer circumference and the number of tracks that are affected by the switching of the area from which the servo information is read can be limited to three.
- the format volume can be increased and the number of unusable tracks can be minimized.
- phase synchronizing circuits are provided in accordance with the write frequencies at which servo information is written onto the magnetic disk 10 . Consequently, the frequency of the area the head 23 will be traversing can be set at the start of a seek operation, and the phase synchronizing circuits (phase-locked loops (PLL)) can be easily switched. As a result, the time required for activating the appropriate phase synchronizing circuit when crossover of the dividing track takes place can be reduced, and error in reading servo information can be prevented.
- PLL phase-locked loops
- the magnetic disk 10 has servo information written thereon at two different frequencies and hence has two distinct areas (inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area and outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area) in the radial direction.
- a disk device divided into a plurality of areas (such as three) in the radial direction and having written thereon servo information at as many different frequencies can also be used.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic for explaining the magnetic disk device according to a second embodiment.
- the magnetic disk used in this case is divided into three areas, namely, an innermost area, an inner area, and an outer area, and servo information in each of these areas is written at a different frequency.
- the magnetic disk device 20 in this case selects two dividing tracks, one dividing track acting as a demarcation between the innermost area and the inner area, and the other dividing track acting as a demarcation between the inner area and the outer area.
- the magnetic disk device 20 deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the three areas.
- the servo information is written onto the three areas of the magnetic disk by a servo information writing unit.
- the servo information can be written onto the magnetic disk 10 inwards in the area in the outer circumference and outwards in the area in the inner circumference.
- side clinching that occurs due to the deletion of the servo information can be reduced.
- the servo information is written onto the magnetic disk by the servo-information writing device.
- the track selecting unit 24 a can be configured to evaluate the head of the magnetic disk and, based on the information obtained after the evaluation, select the dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. By doing so, the dividing track can be selected customized to a head with a small margin and the servo information can be read more stably. As a result, the content of the servo information written onto the disk can be guaranteed.
- the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment has two phase-locked loops.
- the magnetic disk device can have as many phase-locked loops as there are frequencies at which the servo information is written onto the magnetic disk 10 .
- the constituent elements of the magnetic disk device 20 shown in FIG. 3 are merely conceptual and may not necessarily physically resemble the structures shown in the drawing.
- the magnetic disk device 20 as a whole or in parts can be broken down or integrated (for example, the servo controller 24 and the data controller 26 can be integrated) either functionally or physically in accordance with the load or how the device is to be used.
- the process functions performed by the device are entirely or partially realized by a central processing unit (CPU) or a program executed by the CPU or by a hardware using wired logic.
- CPU central processing unit
- the magnetic disk device 20 explained above is described as hardware. However, it can be implemented as software. In other words, a computer program can be executed on a computer system to realize the same functions as the magnetic disk device 20 .
- FIG. 7 is a drawing of a computer system 70 that executes a magnetic disk control program.
- the computer system 70 includes a random access memory (RAM) 71 , a hard disk drive (HDD) 72 , a servo demodulating unit 73 , a read-only memory (ROM) 74 , and a central processing unit (CPU) 75 .
- the ROM 74 has stored therein programs implement the functions described in the first embodiment. In other words, the ROM 74 has stored therein a track selection program 74 a , a servo-information deletion program 74 b , a servo-information processing program 74 c , a data writing program 74 d , and a data reading program 74 e.
- the CPU 75 loads the track selection program 74 a , the servo-information deletion program 74 b , the servo-information processing program 74 c , the data writing program 74 d , and the data reading program 74 e , and converts them to a track selection process 75 a , a servo-information deletion process 75 b , a servo information processing process 75 c , a data writing process 75 d , and a data reading process 75 e .
- the track selection process 75 a , the servo-information deletion process 75 b , the servo information processing process 75 c , the data writing process 75 d , and the data reading process 753 correspond, respectively, to the track selecting unit 24 a , the servo-information deleting unit 24 b , the servo-information processing unit 24 c , the data writing unit 26 a , and the data reading unit 26 b shown in FIG. 3 .
- the HDD 72 stores therein a servo demodulation table 72 a containing the frequencies that are switched by the servo demodulating unit 73 when demodulating the servo information.
- the servo demodulation table 72 a corresponds to the inner-circumference PLL 25 a and the outer-circumference PLL 25 b shown in FIG. 3 .
- the track selection program 74 a can be stored in portable physical media that can be inserted into the computer system 70 , such as a flexible disk (FD), compact disk-read-only memory (CD-ROM), magneto optic (MO) disk, digital versatile disk (DVD), and integrated circuit (IC) card, or fixed physical media such as a hard disk drive (HDD) built into the computer system 70 .
- the programs can be stored on another computer system connected to the computer system 70 and read and executed by the computer system 70 via a public circuit, Internet, local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).
- the magnetic disk device holds a magnetic disk that has servo information written thereon at different frequencies in a plurality of different areas into which the magnetic disk is divided radially.
- the magnetic disk device creates on the magnetic disk concentric tracks as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read.
- the magnetic disk device then deletes all the servo information that will not be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track.
- the write frequency of the servo information can be increased in the area in the outer circumference and the number of tracks that are affected by the switching of the area from which the servo information is read can be limited to three. Consequently, the format volume can be increased and the number of unusable tracks can be limited.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a magnetic disk device, a servo-information writing device, a magnetic disk, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic disk device.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In a conventional magnetic disk (see
FIG. 8 ), servo information (information for controlling the position and the speed of a head) required by the magnetic disk device is written at the same frequency (low peak density) across the entire radial width (ranging from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the magnetic disk), as a seek operation of the magnetic disk necessitates reading the servo information at a fixed sampling frequency. Over the years, technologies for improving the format volume of the conventional magnetic disk and for accurately reading the servo information written onto the conventional magnetic disk have also been disclosed. - For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-205419 discloses a technology for improving the format volume of the magnetic disk by reducing the ratio of the servo information occupying the track volume by varying the write frequency at which the servo information is written according to the radial position of the magnetic disk. That is, this technology involves writing the servo information by increasing a bit density towards the outer circumference.
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FIG. 9 is schematic for explaining the conventional technology described above. As shown inFIG. 9 , a frequency-switching track demarcates an area towards the inner circumference where the servo information is written at a low frequency, and an area towards the outer circumference where the servo information is written at a high frequency. More format volume is obtained by this method of writing servo information than when the servo information is written at the same frequency. - Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-323772 discloses a technology for reducing the time required for head change for every magnetic disk necessitated by eccentricity that occurs due to the magnetic disk rotation center when servo information is written onto it and the magnetic disk rotation center not coinciding when a plurality of magnetic disks with servo information written thereon are incorporated into the magnetic disk device. This technology works by creating concentric tracks on the magnetic disk in its incorporated state, and causing the head to follow the track.
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FIG. 10 is a schematic for explaining the conventional technology described above. As shown inFIG. 10 , when the magnetic disk rotation center and the magnetic disk rotation center when the servo information is written onto it do not coincide, concentric tracks (one of which is represented by the dashed line A) are created in its incorporated state, and the head is made to follow the track. Thus, an improvement is brought about in terms of being able to easily read the servo information written onto the magnetic disk and reducing the time required for the head change for every magnetic disk. - Another technology involves causing the head to follow the servo information itself. In this case, when a magnetic disk having servo information written at different frequencies in the area towards the inner circumference and the area towards the outer circumference, such as the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-205419, is incorporated in a magnetic disk device, and the magnetic disk rotation center and the magnetic disk rotation center when the servo information is written onto it do not coincide, the head is made to follow the servo information.
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FIG. 11 is a schematic for explaining the technology described above. As shown inFIG. 11 , three tracks will be affected by the switching of frequency due to an eccentricity magnitude, the three tracks being the frequency-switching track (represented by the dashed line B) and the track on either side of the frequency-switching track. Thus, the format volume of the magnetic disk can be increased by limiting the number of unusable tracks. - However, no improvement can be seen in the format volume by incorporating a magnetic disk with servo information written at different frequencies in the area towards the inner circumference and the area towards the outer circumference (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-205419) into a magnetic disk device, and creating concentric tracks when the center of the magnetic disk and the center of the magnetic disk when the servo information is written onto it do not coincide, and causing the head to follow the servo information (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-323772).
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FIG. 12 is a schematic for explaining why the conventional technology described above produces no improvement in the format volume. As shown inFIG. 12 , as the tracks that are read are switched in such a way that they are not affected by the eccentricity of the servo information, the tracks that fall in the range of the eccentricity magnitude cannot be used as normal tracks as servo information written at different frequencies are read from these tracks in addition to the servo information from the frequency-switching track (represented by the dashed line C). As a result, there is a loss of format volume. -
FIG. 13 is a schematic for explaining the above description in further detail. If the head is made to follow the servo information, according to how the servo information is written, sometimes the servo information in the area in the outer circumference and sometimes the servo information in the area in the inner circumference is read. As a result, the tracks in that range cannot be used as normal tracks, leading to a loss of format volume. - It is an object of the present invention to at least partially solve the problems in the conventional technology.
- According to an aspect of the present invention, a magnetic disk device that holds a magnetic disk having servo information written thereon includes a magnetic disk holding unit that holds the magnetic disk having written thereon the servo information as a first set of servo information written at a predetermined first frequency at predetermined intervals in a magnetic disk rotation direction and a second set of servo information written at a predetermined second frequency at the predetermined intervals in a direction opposite to the magnetic disk rotation direction; and a track selecting unit that creates concentric tracks on the magnetic disk held by the magnetic disk holding unit with the magnetic disk rotation center as the center of the concentric tracks as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching areas from which the servo information will be read.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, a servo-information writing device that writes servo information onto a magnetic disk incorporated into a magnetic disk device includes a servo information writing unit that writes a first set of servo information at a predetermined first frequency at predetermined intervals in a magnetic disk rotation direction and a second set of servo information at a predetermined second frequency at the predetermined intervals in a direction opposite to the magnetic disk rotation direction.
- According to still another aspect of the present invention, a magnetic disk having written thereon servo information for controlling the position and speed of a head of a magnetic disk device, the magnetic disk including a first area where a first set of servo information is written at a predetermined first frequency at predetermined intervals in a magnetic disk rotation direction and a second area where a second set of servo information is written at a predetermined second frequency at the predetermined intervals in a direction opposite to the magnetic disk rotation direction.
- According to still another aspect of the present invention, a manufacturing method of a magnetic disk device applied for manufacturing a magnetic disk device configured to hold a magnetic disk having servo information written thereon includes writing the servo information as a first set of servo information as a first set of servo information written at a predetermined first frequency at predetermined intervals in a magnetic disk rotation direction and a second set of servo information written at a predetermined second frequency at the predetermined intervals in a direction opposite to the magnetic disk rotation direction; holding the magnetic disk having the servo information written thereon at the writing; creating concentric tracks on the magnetic disk held at the holding with the magnetic disk rotation center as the center of the concentric tracks and selecting a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for areas from which the servo information will be read; and deleting all the servo information that will not be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track selected at the creating.
- The above and other objects, features, advantages and technical and industrial significance of this invention will be better understood by reading the following detailed description of presently preferred embodiments of the invention, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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FIGS. 1A to 1C are schematics for explaining an overview and salient feature of a magnetic disk device according a first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 2A to 2C are schematics for explaining the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment; -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment; -
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a servo-information deletion process; -
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a servo-information reading process; -
FIG. 6 is a schematic for explaining a magnetic disk device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 7 is a drawing of a computer system that executes a magnetic disk control program; -
FIG. 8 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology; -
FIG. 10 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology; -
FIG. 11 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology; -
FIG. 12 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology; and -
FIG. 13 is a schematic for explaining a conventional technology. - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- An overview and the salient feature, the structure, and the process flow of the magnetic disk device according to a first embodiment of the present invention are explained below one after the other.
- An overview and the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment are explained below with reference to
FIGS. 1A to 1C , andFIGS. 2A to 2C .FIGS. 1A to 1C are schematics for explaining the overview and the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment.FIGS. 2A to 2C are schematics for explaining the salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment. - The magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment, in summary, reads servo information from a
magnetic disk 10. The salient feature of the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment lies in the fact that it increases the format volume of a magnetic disk and reduces the number of unusable tracks. - As shown in
FIG. 1A , themagnetic disk 10 incorporated in the magnetic disk device has written thereon a first set of servo information at a predetermined frequency at predetermined intervals in a rotation direction of themagnetic disk 10, and a second set of servo information at a different frequency than the predetermined frequency at which the first set of servo information is written and at the predetermined intervals in the opposite direction from the first set of servo information. Specifically, themagnetic disk 10 is divided into a plurality of sectors radially (like a fan). In the sectors enclosed by solid lines, the servo information is written at an inner-circumference low frequency and in the sectors enclosed by dashed lines, the servo information is written at an outer-circumference high frequency. The servo information is written onto themagnetic disk 10 in a burst pattern by a servo-information writing device. The magnetic disk can be substituted with any portable physical medium, such flexible disk (FD), compact disk-read-only memory (CD-ROM), magneto optical (MO) disk, digital versatile disk (DVD), and integrated circuit (IC) card. - The magnetic disk device that includes the
magnetic disk 10 creates concentric tracks with the rotation center of themagnetic disk 10 as the center of the tracks as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. Specifically, the magnetic disk device creates a plurality of concentric tracks at regular intervals, with the rotation center of themagnetic disk 10 as the center of the concentric tracks. In addition, the magnetic disk device selects a dividingtrack 13 as a demarcating position that allows stable demodulation of the outer-circumference servo information (the sectors enclosed by dashed lines), thus dividing themagnetic disk 10 into an outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area and an inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (seeFIG. 1B ). The space between the tracks is determined according to the number of concentric tracks created on themagnetic disk 10. - The magnetic disk device then deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing
track 13. Specifically, the magnetic disk device deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (represented by the shaded area), and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area (seeFIG. 1C ). -
FIGS. 1A to 1C are explained further with reference toFIGS. 2A to 2C . The magnetic disk device creates concentric tracks in the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information area and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information area (seeFIG. 2A ), and in addition, selects the dividingtrack 13 that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read (seeFIG. 2B ).Eccentricity 11 occurs due to a deviation between the magnetic disk rotation center and a track center. When reading the servo information, the magnetic disk device calculates a track based on the set tract and theeccentricity 11 and reads information along the calculated track. - The magnetic disk device then deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information area, and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information area. Thus, the magnetic disk device recovers the switching track as well as the track on either side of the switching track as unused area and the area from where servo information was deleted is used as data area (see
FIG. 2C ). - Thus, the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment enables the write frequency of the servo information to be increased in the area in the outer circumference and limits the number of tracks that are affected by the switching of the area from which the servo information is read to three. Consequently, the format volume can be increased and the number of unusable tracks is minimized to three.
- A structure of a
magnetic disk device 20 is explained below.FIG. 3 is a block diagram of themagnetic disk device 20. Themagnetic disk device 20 includes acommunication controller 21, a magneticdisk holding member 22, ahead 23, aservo controller 24, aservo demodulating unit 25, and adata controller 26. - The
communication controller 21 controls the communication of various types of information processed by themagnetic disk device 20. Specifically, thecommunication controller 21 performs tasks such as receiving a request to read data or write data from another device (such as a host computer) connected to themagnetic disk device 20, sending data requested through a read data request, etc. - The magnetic
disk holding member 22 holds the magnetic disk that has written thereon a set of servo information at a predetermined frequency at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction of the magnetic disk, and another set of servo information written at a different frequency than the predetermined frequency at which the first set of servo information is written and at a predetermined interval in the opposite direction from the first set of servo information. Specifically, the magneticdisk holding member 22 holds the magnetic disk of above description provided by the manufacturer or assembled by the user until the user deactivates the integration. The magneticdisk holding member 22 corresponds to “magnetic disk holding member” in the claims. - The
head 23 reads servo information and reads data from and writes data to the magnetic disk. Specifically, thehead 23 reads the servo information written onto themagnetic disk 10 at a sampling frequency of regular intervals and writes data to or reads data from themagnetic disk 10 in response to the data write or data read request from another terminal device connected to themagnetic disk device 20. - The
servo controller 24 performs various processes related to the servo information written onto the magnetic disk. In close relevance to the present invention, theservo controller 24 includes atrack selecting unit 24 a, a servo-information deleting unit 24 b, and a servo-information processing unit 24 c. Thetrack selecting unit 24 a corresponds to “track selecting unit” in the claims, and the servo-information deleting unit 24 b corresponds to “servo-information deleting unit” in the claims. - The
track selecting unit 24 a creates concentric tracks with the rotation center of the magnetic disk held by the magneticdisk holding member 22 as their center as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. Specifically, thetrack selecting unit 24 a creates a plurality ofconcentric tracks 15 with the rotation center of themagnetic disk 10 as their center at regular intervals as well as selects the dividingtrack 13 as a demarcating position that allows stable demodulation of the outer-circumference servo information, thus dividing themagnetic disk 10 into an outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area and an inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (seeFIG. 1B ). As the ratio of the outermost radius to the innermost radius is 2:1, the frequency at which servo information can be written onto the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area is about 1.5 times the frequency at which servo information can be written onto the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area. - The servo-
information deleting unit 24 b deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividingtrack 13. Specifically, the servo-information deleting unit 24 b deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area (represented by the shaded area), and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area (seeFIG. 1C ). - The servo-
information processing unit 24 c processes the servo information that is read. Specifically, the servo-information processing unit 24 c receives the servo information read by thehead 23 at a sampling frequency of regular intervals, and based on the servo information received, controls the position and speed of thehead 23. - The
servo demodulating unit 25 demodulates the servo information that is read. In close relevance to the present invention, theservo demodulating unit 25 includes an outer-circumference phase-locked loop (PLL) (phase synchronizing circuit) 25 a and an inner-circumference PLL 25 b. The outer-circumference PLL 25 a has set therein the outer-circumference high frequency and the inner-circumference PLL 25 b has set therein the inner-circumference low frequency. When reading the servo information across the dividingtrack 13, the servo information is read by switching between the outer-circumference PLL 25 a and the inner-circumference PLL 25 b. Theservo demodulating unit 25 uses a simple method of changing a register value to switch between the outer-circumference PLL 25 a and the inner-circumference PLL 25 b. Theservo demodulating unit 25 corresponds to “servo demodulating unit” in the claims. - The
data controller 26 writes data to and reads data from themagnetic disk 10. In close relevance to the present invention, thedata controller 26 includes adata writing unit 26 a and adata reading unit 26 b. - The
data writing unit 26 a writes data to themagnetic disk 10, and specifically, writes data to themagnetic disk 10 according to a write data request received from thecommunication controller 21. - The
data reading unit 26 b reads data from themagnetic disk 10, and specifically, reads data from themagnetic disk 10 according to a read data request received from thecommunication controller 21. - A servo-information deletion process is described below.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the servo-information deletion process. - Upon incorporation of the
magnetic disk 10 in the magnetic disk device 20 (Yes at step S401), the magneticdisk holding member 22 holds the magnetic disk 10 (step S402). - The
track selecting unit 24 a of themagnetic disk device 20 creates the concentric tracks with the rotation center of themagnetic disk 10 as their center (step S403) as well as selects the dividingtrack 13 that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read (step S404). - The servo-
information deleting unit 24 b of themagnetic disk device 20 deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track 13 (step S405). Specifically, the servo-information deleting unit 24 b deletes the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information from the inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area, and the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information from the outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area. - A servo-information reading process by the magnetic disk device is described below.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the servo-information reading process. - Once a seek operation starts after the magnetic disk is incorporated (Yes at step S501), the
magnetic disk device 20 determines whether the dividingtrack 13 will be crossed at the next sampling frequency (step S502). - If it is determined that the dividing
track 13 will be crossed at the next sampling frequency (Yes at step S502), themagnetic disk device 20 determines whether the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information will be read (step S503). - If it is determined that the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information is going to be read (Yes at step S503), the
servo demodulating unit 25 sets the value in the inner-circumference PLL 25 b. If it is determined that the inner-circumference low-frequency servo information is not going to be read (No at step S503), that is, the outer-circumference high-frequency servo information is going to be read, theservo demodulating unit 25 sets the value in the outer-circumference PLL 25 b (step S505). - The
magnetic disk device 20 then determines whether thehead 23 is positioned at an aimed track (step S506). If it is determined that thehead 23 is positioned at the aimed track (Yes at step S506), thehead 23 of themagnetic disk device 20 reads the servo information written on the magnetic disk 10 (step S507). - If it is determined that the
head 23 is not positioned at the aimed track (No at step S506), themagnetic disk device 20 once again starts the seek operation (step S501). - If at step S502, it is determined that the dividing
track 13 is not going to be crossed at the next sampling frequency (No at step S502), themagnetic disk device 20, determines whether thehead 23 is positioned at the aimed track (step S506). - Thus, the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment holds the
magnetic disk 10 that has written thereon a set of servo information at a predetermined frequency at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction of the magnetic disk, and another set of servo information written at a different frequency than the predetermined frequency at which the first set of servo information is written and at a predetermined interval in the opposite direction from the first set of servo information, creates concentric tracks with the rotation center of themagnetic disk 10 as their center, selects the dividingtrack 13 that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read, and deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the areas divided by the dividingtrack 13. Consequently, the write frequency of the servo information can be increased in the area in the outer circumference and the number of tracks that are affected by the switching of the area from which the servo information is read can be limited to three. As a result, the format volume can be increased and the number of unusable tracks can be minimized. - In the magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment, a plurality of phase synchronizing circuits are provided in accordance with the write frequencies at which servo information is written onto the
magnetic disk 10. Consequently, the frequency of the area thehead 23 will be traversing can be set at the start of a seek operation, and the phase synchronizing circuits (phase-locked loops (PLL)) can be easily switched. As a result, the time required for activating the appropriate phase synchronizing circuit when crossover of the dividing track takes place can be reduced, and error in reading servo information can be prevented. - The present invention is not restricted to the embodiment described above alone, but can have different forms. Other embodiments of the present invention are described below.
- In the first embodiment, the
magnetic disk 10 has servo information written thereon at two different frequencies and hence has two distinct areas (inner-circumference low-frequency-controlled area and outer-circumference high-frequency-controlled area) in the radial direction. However, a disk device divided into a plurality of areas (such as three) in the radial direction and having written thereon servo information at as many different frequencies can also be used. -
FIG. 6 is a schematic for explaining the magnetic disk device according to a second embodiment. The magnetic disk used in this case is divided into three areas, namely, an innermost area, an inner area, and an outer area, and servo information in each of these areas is written at a different frequency. Themagnetic disk device 20 in this case selects two dividing tracks, one dividing track acting as a demarcation between the innermost area and the inner area, and the other dividing track acting as a demarcation between the inner area and the outer area. Themagnetic disk device 20 deletes all the servo information that is not going to be read from each of the three areas. The servo information is written onto the three areas of the magnetic disk by a servo information writing unit. - Further, the servo information can be written onto the
magnetic disk 10 inwards in the area in the outer circumference and outwards in the area in the inner circumference. By adopting this method of writing servo information, side clinching that occurs due to the deletion of the servo information can be reduced. The servo information is written onto the magnetic disk by the servo-information writing device. - The
track selecting unit 24 a can be configured to evaluate the head of the magnetic disk and, based on the information obtained after the evaluation, select the dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. By doing so, the dividing track can be selected customized to a head with a small margin and the servo information can be read more stably. As a result, the content of the servo information written onto the disk can be guaranteed. - The magnetic disk device according to the first embodiment has two phase-locked loops. However, the magnetic disk device can have as many phase-locked loops as there are frequencies at which the servo information is written onto the
magnetic disk 10. - The constituent elements of the
magnetic disk device 20 shown inFIG. 3 are merely conceptual and may not necessarily physically resemble the structures shown in the drawing. Themagnetic disk device 20 as a whole or in parts can be broken down or integrated (for example, theservo controller 24 and thedata controller 26 can be integrated) either functionally or physically in accordance with the load or how the device is to be used. The process functions performed by the device are entirely or partially realized by a central processing unit (CPU) or a program executed by the CPU or by a hardware using wired logic. - The
magnetic disk device 20 explained above is described as hardware. However, it can be implemented as software. In other words, a computer program can be executed on a computer system to realize the same functions as themagnetic disk device 20. -
FIG. 7 is a drawing of acomputer system 70 that executes a magnetic disk control program. Thecomputer system 70 includes a random access memory (RAM) 71, a hard disk drive (HDD) 72, aservo demodulating unit 73, a read-only memory (ROM) 74, and a central processing unit (CPU) 75. TheROM 74 has stored therein programs implement the functions described in the first embodiment. In other words, theROM 74 has stored therein atrack selection program 74 a, a servo-information deletion program 74 b, a servo-information processing program 74 c, adata writing program 74 d, and adata reading program 74 e. - The
CPU 75 loads thetrack selection program 74 a, the servo-information deletion program 74 b, the servo-information processing program 74 c, thedata writing program 74 d, and thedata reading program 74 e, and converts them to atrack selection process 75 a, a servo-information deletion process 75 b, a servoinformation processing process 75 c, adata writing process 75 d, and adata reading process 75 e. Thetrack selection process 75 a, the servo-information deletion process 75 b, the servoinformation processing process 75 c, thedata writing process 75 d, and the data reading process 753 correspond, respectively, to thetrack selecting unit 24 a, the servo-information deleting unit 24 b, the servo-information processing unit 24 c, thedata writing unit 26 a, and thedata reading unit 26 b shown inFIG. 3 . - The
HDD 72 stores therein a servo demodulation table 72 a containing the frequencies that are switched by theservo demodulating unit 73 when demodulating the servo information. The servo demodulation table 72 a corresponds to the inner-circumference PLL 25 a and the outer-circumference PLL 25 b shown inFIG. 3 . - Apart from the
ROM 74, thetrack selection program 74 a, the servo-information deletion program 74 b, the servo-information processing program 74 c, thedata writing program 74 d, and thedata reading program 74 e can be stored in portable physical media that can be inserted into thecomputer system 70, such as a flexible disk (FD), compact disk-read-only memory (CD-ROM), magneto optic (MO) disk, digital versatile disk (DVD), and integrated circuit (IC) card, or fixed physical media such as a hard disk drive (HDD) built into thecomputer system 70. Alternatively, the programs can be stored on another computer system connected to thecomputer system 70 and read and executed by thecomputer system 70 via a public circuit, Internet, local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). - According to the present invention, the magnetic disk device holds a magnetic disk that has servo information written thereon at different frequencies in a plurality of different areas into which the magnetic disk is divided radially. The magnetic disk device creates on the magnetic disk concentric tracks as well as selects a dividing track that acts as a demarcation for switching the area from which servo information will be read. The magnetic disk device then deletes all the servo information that will not be read from each of the areas divided by the dividing track. Thus, the write frequency of the servo information can be increased in the area in the outer circumference and the number of tracks that are affected by the switching of the area from which the servo information is read can be limited to three. Consequently, the format volume can be increased and the number of unusable tracks can be limited.
- Although the invention has been described with respect to a specific embodiment for a complete and clear disclosure, the appended claims are not to be thus limited but are to be construed as embodying all modifications and alternative constructions that may occur to one skilled in the art that fairly fall within the basic teaching herein set forth.
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